Feast or famine : food and drink in American westward expansion / Reginald Horsman.
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Horsman, Reginald. (författare)
- ISBN 9780826217899
- Publicerad: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008.
- Engelska viii, 356 p.
- Relaterad länk:
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http://www.loc.gov/c... (Table of contents only)
Innehållsförteckning
Sammanfattning
Ämnesord
Stäng
- Food in the forest -- Land of pork and corn -- Game on every side -- Meat and more meat -- Tortillas and frijoles -- On the Oregon Trail -- Water before every door -- By land and sea -- Food at the mines -- Rank and file -- Officers' wives -- Food on the run -- Ranch and chuck wagon -- Long horizons.
- "Drawing on the journals and correspondence of pioneers, Horsman examines more than a hundred years of history, recording components of the diets of various groups, including travelers, settlers, fur traders, soldiers, and miners. He discusses food-preparation techniques, including the development of canning, and foods common in different regions"--Provided by publisher.
Ämnesord
- Overland journeys to the Pacific. (LCSH)
- Drinking customs -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century. (LCSH)
- Food habits -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century. (LCSH)
- Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) (LCSH)
- Cookery, American -- Western style -- History. (LCSH)
- Amerikansk matlagning -- historia (sao)
- West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. (LCSH)
- West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration. (LCSH)
- United States -- Territorial expansion. (LCSH)
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Klassifikation
- GT2853.U5 (LCC)
- 641.5978 (DDC)
- Qcabd:kqa (sao kssb/8)
- Qcabd (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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